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Q: rate monotonic analysis I am working on a project to validate the multithreaded execution of a rather large program using rate monotonic analysis. To perform the analysis I need the execution time of each time it runs as well as number of times it ran. In the end, the data will be analyzed to find an average period for each thread that runs. Are there any solutions to my problem of collecting this data? I have looked into LTTng and Intel vTune but there are some questions:
1.) Does LTTV/eclipse plug calculate the average execution time I need?
2.) Does Intel VTune work in a kvm virtual machine?
The development computer is a server that is currently running RHEL directly on the hardware (but with AMD processor), but will eventually be moved to a vm running on intel xeon processors.The software also has both c++ and java executables that run.

A: The perf utility can be used to count and trace performance events in the KVM kernel module.
http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Perf_events#Recording_events
Use a command like this (use sudo if you aren't logged in as root):
# perf kvm --guest [kvm options] record -a -o my.perf.data

To report the results, like this
# perf kvm --guest report -i my.perf.data

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Mire Dejuan Chatman, (nacido el  en Garland, Texas) es un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense. Con 1.87 de estatura, su puesto natural en la cancha es el de base y escolta.

Trayectoria
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Pau Orthez (2004-2005)
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Mike Zimmer introduced as Vikings head coach, addresses blunt personality
Zimmer introduced himself as the Vikings' head coach Friday, and addressed his supposedly fiery personality.
By Louis Bien@louisbien Jan 17, 2014, 1:01pm EST
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Mike Zimmer addressed media Friday for the first time as the new head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. He spoke quickly and excitedly, and for a purported no-nonsense coach, he was able to make the press room laugh rather easily. His blunt demeanor popularized by HBO's "Hard Knocks" was the subject of a significant portion of reporters' questioning, but Zimmer tried his best dispel notion that he was always heated.
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"They can kind of portray you any way they want to," Zimmer said. "On the field I'm going to be a fiery guy when I want to ... but I'm an honest guy."
He added, "I'm going to be passionate on the field because that's who I am."
Zimmer did not hide the fact that he had been hoping for a head coaching job, nor did he shy away from bravado. He said "I feel destined to do this," and then described himself standing on a stage postgame at the Super Bowl with confetti falling and watching NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hand the Lombradi Trophy to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and president Mark Wilf.
Zimmer made no mention of who he had in mind to hire as the team's new offensive coordinator. He also said that he doesn't know yet whether he will call plays on defense, and that preseason will be used as a gauge of how duties will be split among the coaching staff.
As for his coaching style, Zimmer said he will motivate by building close personal relationships with his players and, of course, being honest at all times.
"There was a great quote by Vince Lombardi, 'If you grab your players' hearts, they'll follow you anywhere,'" Zimmer said. "That's what I want to do, I want to grab these players' hearts and get them to follow me."
Zimmer emphasized that he was ready for the challenge, despite never having held a head coaching job.
"I've got a chip on my shoulder," Zimmer said, "and I want to make sure 31 other teams know I'm here to coach this football team."
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NEWS: Emirates FA Cup Second Round replay details confirmed
Details have been confirmed for Coventry City's Emirates FA Cup Second Round replay against Ipswich Town.
The Sky Blues will travel to Portman Road for the replay on Tuesday 10th December, with kick-off at 7:45pm.
We have been given an allocation of 1000 tickets for the game.
Prices will be:
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We will let fans know when tickets will be available and full ticket details shortly.


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Home Trending Sanctions Are Reimposed on Israeli Billionaire Granted Aid Below Trump
Sanctions Are Reimposed on Israeli Billionaire Granted Aid Below Trump
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Monday again imposed financial sanctions on an Israeli mining executive who reached out to a team of lobbyists to ease measures during President Donald J. Trump's last term in office.
The reversal came after a series of complaints from human rights activists, members of Congress and activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which businessman Dan Gertler secured access to mining rights for decades through what the Treasury Department called "a" during the Trump administration corrupt deals where the Congo had more than $ 1.3 billion in revenue from the sale of minerals.
In mid-January, just before Mr Trump stepped down, Mr Gertler secretly secured a one-year license from the Treasury Department freezing the money he had deposited with financial institutions in the United States. The license also effectively ended a ban on Mr. Gertler from doing business through the international banking system. The Trump administration imposed these sanctions in 2017.
The Biden administration is now endeavoring to reinstate these conditions, although Mr Gertler has likely already withdrawn some of the previously frozen money from the United States.
The Foreign Ministry said Monday that Mr. Gertler was "involved in extensive public corruption" and that the Treasury, in consultation with the Foreign Ministry, was reversing its actions.
"The license previously granted to Mr. Gertler contradicts America's strong foreign policy interests in fighting corruption around the world, particularly US efforts to fight corruption and promote stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," it said a statement from the US State Department Monday. "The United States will continue to promote accountability for corrupt actors using all the tools we have at our disposal to promote democracy, uphold international norms and place a tangible cost on those who try to improve them."
Alan M. Dershowitz, an attorney and lobbyist who helped Mr. Gertler call for the sanctions to be lifted, said he was disappointed with the Biden government's action.
"This decision was made unilaterally, without Mr. Gertler having the opportunity to provide evidence that he met all requirements and was behaving properly," said Mr. Dershowitz. "We are in the process of reviewing all of our options."
Mr. Gertler has worked in the Congo for more than two decades and has signed a number of contracts for the export of diamonds, gold, oil, cobalt and other minerals. The Treasury Department said in 2018 that he had "amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in fortune through opaque and corrupt mining."
Mr. Gertler had promised American officials that he would comply with global anti-corruption rules in order to obtain the license that the Treasury Department had granted him in January. But officials in the Congo said the sanctions exemption would undermine efforts to fight corruption and help the new democratically elected president limit the continued influence of the country's former leader Joseph Kabila, an ally of Mr Gertler.
"The restoration of sanctions will allow the Congolese and US anti-corruption efforts to get back on track," said John Prendergast, co-founder of The Sentry, a nonprofit human rights group that was among more than a dozen the Biden administration is pulling down had requested the license. "Dan Gertler's corrupt partnership with former President Joseph Kabila has cost the Democratic Republic of the Congo dearly in terms of lost resources, lost services and ultimately lost lives."
In 2019, Mr. Gertler hired Mr. Dershowitz, who later served as Mr. Trump's attorney, and Louis Freeh, a former FBI director, to act as lobbyists to urge the Treasury Department to lift the sanctions.
Mr. Gertler was granted the license after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin directed the agency's acting head of the Agency's Foreign Assets Control Office to take the move, despite several Trump-era State Department officials overseeing United States' African relations were opposite The New York Times when they hadn't known such a move was imminent and that they were against it.
After the grant of the license became public, employees of Mr. Gertler said that part of the reason he was given special treatment was because he had played an unknown role in supporting US national security interests. Tax officials and representatives of Mr. Gertler would not describe the specifics of the support.
The same Treasury office that licensed Mr. Gertler in January revoked it on Monday, yet another sign of how unusual this series of events was.
Activists in the Congo who have worked for years to ensure that the wealth produced by mining minerals in the nation – one of the poorest in the world despite having some of the most important mineral reserves in the world – hoped the action would make further progress Combating corrupt businesses that have understaffed the people there.
"This will give the government here a reason to hold Dan Gertler and his staff a little more accountable," said Fred Bauma, member of The Struggle for Change, a human rights group in the Congo. "It's good news from the new administration in the United States."
Democrats in Congress, who urged the Treasury Department to reverse the action, also praised the move.
"If well-connected international billionaires like Gertler believe that there is a chance they can get away with their corrupt actions, they won't be stopped from doing so," said Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland and Senate Foreign Senator Relationship Committee said in a statement.
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Watch the world's leaders literally laugh in Trumps face when he tells a blatant lie
President Trump is literally a laughing stock
The continuing presidency of Donald Trump has reached a bizarre phase.
He's not exactly a sitting duck, purely because he has managed to avoid so many things which might have meant the end of his predecessors. More like a sitting penguin, maybe.
Simply put, many are confused about what it would take for him to lose his power, and all the while he is making increasingly contentious and/or stupid public statements with few repercussions.
While we wait for the US midterm elections in November – something which legitimately could have a bearing on Trump's position – maybe the best approach is… just laugh openly at his every move?
We all know Trump will speak untruths about certain things, either consciously or unconsciously, and we're starting to realise he might not even have as much of a filter than the worst-case scenarios would imply.
The President was invited to speak before the United Nations General Assembly, in a moment future generations may look back upon with bafflement.
"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country," Trump told a room full of world leaders. Spoiler: by pretty much every metric you could think of, it has not done that.
Had a previous President made such an outrageous statement, it might have been met with polite deference. With Trump, though, that pretence has been well and truly abandoned.
President Trump has a bit of a chuckle to himself afterwards, admitting he "didn't expect" that kind of reaction – presumably he was anticipating rapturous applause and, possibly, a medal for completing a sentence in his normal speaking voice.
Still, he acknowledged people's response to his words, which feels like… progress, maybe?
Trump's self-promotion comes shortly after Hillary Clinton, his rival in the 2016 presidential race, described American democracy as being "in crisis".
We may well be in limbo, at least until the midterms, but at least we now know what world leaders make of his bombast.
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Q: `URLByAppendingPathComponent` not accepting argument I have the following in my program:
return [directory URLByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];

checking with a debugger, fileName is __NSCFString * @"OA1aK7ikkYq5cK5" (so it contains @"OA1aK7ikkYq5cK5")
directory is a URL retrieved with:
[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];

Why does this throw this:

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSPathStore2 URLByAppendingPathComponent:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x10fa01de0

A: NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains returns an array of strings, not URLs. You should be calling
NSURL *directory = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0]];

EDIT
Just wanted to clarify that it's an array of NSPathStore2 objects, which is a subclass of NSString.


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The dams that define Bend
Long before logging trucks existed, horses dragged fresh-cut trees to the train tracks that wound through the woods surrounding Bend. Train cars dumped logs into the Deschutes River, where they floated in the pool behind a dam.
Almost 90 years later, that dam, near what is now the Colorado Avenue bridge, still holds back the Deschutes, but the logs are long gone.
The idea of building that log pond dam took seed as early as 1907, and it was built in 1915.
"The community said that pond could draw mills and make the town boom," said John Frye, a volunteer for the Deschutes County Historical Society.
They were right.
The mills, which ran 24 hours a day, employed 1,500 people in 1916, when only 5,193 people lived in Bend. They stacked acres of lumber to dry in the area where the Driver and Motor Vehicle Services building is now located.
The log pond dam is just one of four dams on the Deschutes River within the city that significantly shaped the region's economy and spurred the city's growth. And it's the only one that is not still used for its original purpose.
The other dams brought electricity to the city and facilitated irrigation that allowed agriculture to develop on the High Desert.
-The Pacific Power dam at Newport Avenue, built in 1910 for generating electricity.
-The Tumalo Irrigation District diversion dam at Pioneer Park, built in 1922 to divert water to the Bend feed canal.
-The North Canal dam near Division and Third Street, built in 1912 for irrigation canals that stretched all the way north to Madras.
Newspaper articles testify to the community's pride when the dam at Newport Avenue was built to generate power.
"The community was really bragging about how great that was," Frye said.
Electricity changed the nature of the community located in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, the power heated and lighted up homes. Women started using electric irons, Frye said.
The power plant still generates about one megawatt of electricity — enough to power more than 500 homes — and its power is dispersed into the general power grid, some of which feeds Bend.
During the homestead era, circa 1910, farmers were building irrigation ditches in the desert, Frye said. Irrigation diversion dams built on the north end of the city's stretch of river in 1912 and 1922 allowed agriculture to develop all the way north to Madras.
Now, those irrigation canals have become central to a regional discussion about water use because their diversions dramatically drop the level of the Middle Deschutes River — just downstream, to the north of the diversion dams.
And Pacific Power's dam at Newport Avenue created one of Bend's signature water features — Mirror Pond — bordered by Drake Park and a row of high-profile homes.
Because the dam slows the water flow right there, silt has stacked up in the pond, making it shallow and muddy.
"When the river slows down and hits the still water behind the dam, it doesn't carry the sediment load," said Roger Prowell, water quality supervisor with Bend's Public Works Department. "Dams build up silt deposits."
The silt was once dredged in the mid-1980s. A 16-inch pipeline passed through people's yards and deposited the dirt in a hole below what is now the Deschutes Brewery's plant along the river upstream. "That was when machines in the river did't cause a crisis. Now it'd be hard," Prowell said. "If you go in a river with a machine, people will argue that you're killing the fish."
There are companies that basically dehydrate the silt and remove the dry dirt from the site, which would have less impact on the fish and the neighbors. Prowell guesses that would cost more than a million dollars.
Whether to dredge again is a decision the community will have to make, and water experts say the topic has been discussed. But, it's not a burning issue, Prowell said.
If the silt is allowed to accumulate, at some point vegetation would eventually start to grow and a riparian zone would be reborn along the edges of the pond.
The river would flow through a narrow channel and the water flow would speed up.
Bend officials have no control over the dams or whether the sediment is removed.
"People perceive the city in control of those dams," Prowell said. "We don't have anything to do with it. The river just flows through our community, through the control of other people."
For example, irrigation districts own and control the irrigation diversion dams, and Pacific Power still runs the power-generation dam.
And Bill Smith, developer of the Old Mill District mixed-use and retail center at the former mill site, owns and controls the former log dam at Colorado Avenue.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) regulates fish habitat, and the Department of Environment Quality (DEQ) oversees water quality, but Smith more or less has control of the floodgates.
"I can pretty much do whatever I want," he said.
But he does have to provide a water reserve for a fire flow to Willamette Industries. Smith said he keeps the water about 36 feet deep just upstream of the dam.
If he lowered that, letting more water flow through the gates, it would effectively create more developable land in the Old Mill District, potentially raising his lands' value.
If he wanted to do that, he could build a pipe-to-pond system for a fire protection reservoir in the industrial area — but that would be expensive, he said.
Smith said he plans to keep the water level in the river to maintain wetlands — something the community has come to expect.
For the most part, Smith's dam doesn't affect the river's flow much, said Kyle Gorman, regional manager for the south central region of the Oregon Water Resources Department. He said no formal guidelines govern that section of the river, but his department oversees safety issues there.
Removing the dams would be up to the dam owners, said Steve Marx, fish biologist for ODFW in Bend. He hasn't heard any talk of it lately, though.
Talk of removing the Mirror Pond dam came up about 10 years ago when the power company was going through relicensing proceedings, Marx said. Only hydro-power dams need licenses.
"It's a big social issue — how that would change Mirror Pond," he said. "It would become a river environment instead of a pond environment."
Whether that's good or bad depends on whom you talk to, Marx said.
A more natural stream channel would be a positive thing for fish habitat. But people enjoy the aesthetics of the pond, too.
However, removing the dam could wash too much sediment downstream, and that could be bad for the river's ecology, he said.
Silt would fill the spaces between rocks and within gravel where insects — fish food — live. It would affect spawning and cover for fish.
Right now, the biggest ongoing discussion at ODFW related to the dams is the ability of fish to pass them.
Fish can't pass the north canal dam or the Pacific Power dam. The Tumalo Irrigation District diversion dam at Pioneer Park and Smith's dam have fish ladders for the redband and rainbow trout.
Building fish ladders can be expensive and the responsibility falls to the dam owners.
"It's a long-term goal to restore passage at those dams and restore (fish) populations at those dams," Marx said. "We have isolated fish populations in each of those … fragmented sections."
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Wow, can you say long time between updates? Alright so its been a while but I have good reasons for this. Just a quick notice on this site to let people know we are looking for scuba divers who would like to take their Cave Diving Certification or Introduction To Cave Diving Certification this winter. We are planning multiple trips to Northern Florida, some for instructional purposes and a couple for those of us that are already certified in intro to cave diving and full cave diving. If you are interested in cave diving contact me at 888-909-9004 or cavediving@statustechnologies.com and I can send you some information on the timing, who we are hiring for courses, cost etc. Look forward to hearing from some of you.
There are some excellent events coming up in the next couple of weeks. The first is the 10th Annual SCUBA Swap and Sale, Saturday April 21, 2001. Doors open 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is held at the Olympium Gymnasium in Etobicoke Ontario (590 Rathburn Road, Etobicoke, ON). For more information you can visit http://www.ontario-underwater-explorers.org.
The second is Dive Source Scuba Supply's Fifth Anniversery Sale. When: Saturday May 12, 2001 from 9 am to 8 pm at Dive Source Scuba Supply, 3015 Brock St. N. Whitby, ON Canada -- 905-668-8566 -- and you can also visit them on-line. They will have more information posted soon. "This day will feature product specials, food, refreshments, door prizes and factory sales reps to answer technical questions. We are very excited about this event and hope you will come on by to help us celebrate!"
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One of our favorite guests, SKLYER ADAMS discusses being back on the road in the national tour WAITRESS and how the musical is resonating with audiences across socio-economic lines. SKYLER also pays tribute to director/choreographer RACHEL ROCKWELL, whom he credits as the person who launched his career. WAITRESS will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for a limited three-week engagement July 3 – 22, 2018. Visit BroadwayInChicago.com for tickets.
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Skyler Adams (Swing, u/s Dr. Pomatter) YEAH! Skyler is ecstatic to join Waitress! 1st National: Pippin(Pippin u/s). Regional favorites: Hunchback…, Les Miserables, Catch Me…, Hair. TV: "Chicago PD." OUMT Alum. @TheSkylerAdams Love always to Jesus Christ, family, friends, and his beautiful Betsy.
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ABOUT WAITRESS
Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles ("Brave," "Love Song"), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Hair, Pippin, Finding Neverland).
Inspired by Adrienne Shelly's beloved film, WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna – a waitress and expert pie maker, Jenna dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town's new doctor may offer her a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes for happiness. But Jenna must summon the strength and courage to rebuild her own life.
"It's an empowering musical of the highest order!" raves the Chicago Tribune. "WAITRESS is a little slice of heaven!" says Entertainment Weekly and "a monumental contribution to Broadway!" according to Marie Claire. Don't miss this uplifting musical celebrating friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie.
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On Sunday 18th September the Winch held the Richard Graham Memorial Tournament to celebrate the life and work of Richard Graham, a former youth worker at the Winch who passed away earlier this year. As a member of the Winch family for over 25 years, Richard's passion for his work and his dedication to the young people he worked with over his decades of service transformed the lives of youth in North Camden and serve as a model of passion and dedication to us all. Richard was also known for organizing legendary football tournaments that brought the Swiss Cottage community together. We decided to honour his memory the way he taught us: by celebrating as a community, having fun and sharing experiences and memories.
Eight teams participated in the tournament, and many others came to watch and support the teams. The winning team in the under 17s bracket was ACE United 1, with Friday Fantasy taking home gold for the adult category. The Most Sporting Award went to: Emile Libock and Best Goalkeeper was awarded to Joe Hinds, an Associate in the Company. The Winch Staff also fielded a team, with CEO Paul Perkins in goal; despite not scoring a goal, they played with heart and had a great time!
The football was great to watch but the best part of Saturday was seeing how Richard's legacy brought together different generations of the Winch family, from people who Richard worked with as youth to current children and families. People could come visit the place that played such an important role in their childhood and meet the people of the Winch today. The day included live music performances, an awards ceremony and a photo exhibition featuring pictures of Richard and the Winch family from as far back as 1983!
We'd also like to extend many thanks to Big Lottery's Celebrate! Fund, which helped make this celebration of such an inspiring person possible, a great day for all.


A few days ago I was trying to change some of the code in the aim script. Nothing seemed to be working, and I didn't know why. And then, at one point, I made a considerable syntax error, without noticing, saved the script, and ran it. Nothing changed. So when I noticed the error, I started to get suspicious. Typing random gibberish into the script did not make it crash, and new variables added didn't appear.
Apparently that error I mentioned last post that was coming up but didn't seem to have an effect was actually preventing any other scripts from compiling until it was resolved.
Then, a few days later, scripts weren't compiling again. Apparently snow leapord, which I just upgraded to, has this problem where it will change the caps on some files. I don't know if there's a reason for it, or it's a straight up bug, but Unity gets really confused when this happens. So no more uppercase in script names for me.
I'm still not sure what to do about models and level design… I've started work on the AI's ability, but pretty soon I'll have to make a decision.
So, the code I posted last time for the pause function had an obvious error in it, but one which was not actually related to the problem I was having (a lot of iterations of the script were being made). The problem being that the second if should have been an else if; otherwise, both if functions would end up being true.
The problem I was having, however, was slightly more complex. For some reason, setting Screen.lockCursor = true did not seem to have any effect except in start (Screen.lockCursor does exactly what it sounds like; it returns whether the cursor is locked, and can be set to true or false as well). Part of the problem was figuring out the best way to define the function. Errors like the one I mentioned at the beginning of this post confounded the situation.
What ended up being the main error was the key I was trying to use. I had been trying to set 'escape' as my pause key. What I didn't realize was that in Unity 'escape' also has the built in function of unlocking the cursor. A key like that is necessary; otherwise I could write a script which locks the cursor but does not provide a way to unlock it, making it impossible to pause the game or shut down the program by normal means. The moment I changed my pause key to "p", things started working. Not everything, but most of it.
Right now, pause is almost complete. When paused, the player can't fire, move, or change weapons, and all physics freezes in its tracks. All of this is done with manual checks (so the weapon firing script checks to see if the game state is "paused" before running). For some reason, an error gets put out to the console from the FPS controller script saying it can't identify the GameStateController (as I posted earlier, gamePaused is a 'static' variable, meaning that it can be accessed by any script, and always has the same global value for all scripts. GameStateController is the name of the object to which the script containing gamePaused is attached). This error does not seem to cause any gameplay errors, so right now it's mostly an annoyance.
I've also added the foundation of an aim function. The idea is that the player can hold a key to look down the sights of a weapon and aim more accurately, at the expense of movement speed and or field of vision (which is blocked partially by the weapon). Actually implementing the aim mechanics was simple. While a key is held, the weapon is relocated and re-sized to a graphically correct place, while the spread of the weapon and the motion of the player is altered. The problem is making it look pleasant. In the current implementation, the weapon simply appears instantly in the new position. Of course, it would be infinitely more preferable for the weapon to move smoothly from its regular position to the aiming position. I attempted several ways of doing this with scripting, but they were complicated and prone to failure.
So I asked how my brother (half of dastardlybanana.com) had achieved smooth motion into an aiming position, and was told that they had attempted the same thing I had, but found it just as unwieldy. He ended up creating an animation for the weapons that brought them into the correct position.
I've been purposefully avoiding animation in favour of code. When I was first outlining the project, I planned to use as little of it as possible, so as to have more emphasis on the coding. There are some clear limitations to code alone, however, especially in something as visually dependent as a game.
Furthermore, a lot of the stuff I want to add to the game now is not the player but the environment. Next week I start the AI for the game, and for the AI to do smart and clever and tricky things I think it needs an environment in which to interact with the player. Chasing the player around a huge open field is no good, but maybe long corridors, yes. And maybe the player can close doors, and try to lock them, but the AI can open them if the player forgets to lock them, or can go reset the locks somehow. A lot of these obstacles and environment pieces are going to have to start appearing in the game now.
There's a lot available online, both free and paid (I'm willing to shell out a little for a nice bundle of multipurpose assets) so I shouldn't have to do any modeling myself. I've started looking, and many aren't animated; or, alternately, are much more expensive animated. If all I want is a futuristic door to slide open, I should be able to animate that myself. So it looks like I'll be doing some crash course animation over the next few weeks. I'm not sure yet if/how I will adjust my schedule, if that turns out to be necessary – I don't want to test the AI in an open field if I do not expect to put it there, for example.
My name is Nathan Whitehouse, and I'm a sophomore at Hampshire doing an independent study on video game design in the Unity 3D environment (www.unity3d.com), with a focus on AI.
This is my first i3ci blog entry, but before this I started a blogger blog to follow my progress. Originally I was worried about the fact that i3ci blogs didn't yet have security certificates, which might scare some people off, but it looks like that's about to be fixed.
To summarize what I've done so far, however.
I've implemented two basic weapons which are able to fire with variable spread patterns, which the player can switch between at will; there are targets which have health and which can be destroyed. A lot of time has been spent trying to make sure all this basic stuff is optimized for future use; there are many easy methods to code the ability to switch between two weapons, for example, but many of them become complicated, confusing, or impossible if more weapons (and more variety in weapon function) is added later. So weapons, for example, are tagged and immediately placed into an array (variable right now, but once I know how big I'll want it I'll change it to builtin), and switching is done entirely by cycling through the array in a forloop.
Right now, what's proving tricky is pausing the game. There seems to be no clear way to do it in the unity API, so each individual script needs to have a pause condition. Most rigidbody physics calculations can be stopped by changing the global 'timeScale' variable to zero. This does not, however, stop all types of physics, and update is still called in scripts, making it possible to continue to mouselook, for example. So in every script I've had to add in an if statement a check to see if the game is supposed to be paused. I've done research, and this seems to be the way to do it, although the trick is I suppose minimizing the number of times the conditional needs to be checked.
Helpful in this are Static Variables. A static variable is defined once, in any one script, yet can be accessed and changed from any other script. So here I have a static var called gamePaused. It's only changed in one script right now, the GameStateController script, but any script can access it, so checking the variable is easy.
What's giving me trouble is an error I just can't seem to figure out. I'm going to bang away it at a little more before posting the whole thing, but essentially the cursor won't seem to lock once it's been unlocked if I try to use the same button to lock it as I do to unlock it (IE.
) That's essentially the code.


The Witnesses to Hunger Evaluation Report represents the first time we have been able to take a long pause and think about how well we're doing as a group – to reflect and self-evaluate.
NPR's The Salt came to the EAT Cafe to learn about out pay-what-you-can model and enjoy some of the food.
The Washington Post featured the EAT Cafe in an article about pay-what-you-can restaurants.
Generocity spoke with Witnesses to Hunger Program Manager, Michelle Taylor, and member, Tianna Gaines-Turner about the program.


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"The utter antithesis between the modern world and the old is determined by all those things that formerly did not exist. Our lives have been enriched by elements the possibility of whose existence the ancients did not even suspect. Men have identified material contingencies, and revealed spiritual attitudes, whose repercussions are felt in a thousand ways."
It would normally be unbecomingly immodest to describe one's own work as "keenly anticipated," but in the case of Changing Times, I have hard evidence; this PDF publication was selling well, with downloads in three figures, before its publication had even been formally announced. Of course, one might expect Transhuman Space fans to be forward-looking and Internet-aware . . . And I should also admit that this publication had been pre-announced and then unavoidably delayed in a rather teasing way. But these reactions were still flattering.
Not that I can claim more than fragmentary credit here. Changing Times is a guide and update for the Transhuman Space universe, which isn't my creation; all of us who've worked on the line must acknowledge the vast inspiration provided by David Pulver, whose setting this is. I was mostly adding footnotes. For that matter, as part of Changing Times is a set of rules-related updates to GURPS Fourth Edition, I inevitably drew on the manuscript versions of the new editions of GURPS Bio-Tech and Ultra-Tech, which were still under development at the time. It's not that technology in the Transhuman Space setting exactly matches the assumptions in those books in every particular -- when you're making guesses about the future, some variation is part of the fun -- but there were also points of close contact, and I tried to use the same game mechanics where possible.
"The rapid progress true Science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born too soon . . . Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce: all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure . . . Oh that moral science were in as fair a way of improvement, that men would cease to be wolves to one another, and that human beings would at length learn what they now improperly call humanity."
But anyway . . . These footnotes to David's masterwork did seem to be wanted, and I don't just mean the new rules stuff. The first half of Changing Times consists of a GM's guide, and the fact is, those of us involved with the line have kept hearing gamers say that they're impressed with Transhuman Space, but they feel lost and overwhelmed by the huge, detailed world of 2100, and can't see hooks for adventurous plots. Actually, there are plenty of such hooks, but they may need a little more finding than those seen in straightforward kill-the-monsters games.
After all, in 2100, the question of what or who is a "monster" is wide open for debate -- and that debate can easily form part of a campaign. So I sat down and went over the setting looking for options, from the depths of Earth's oceans to the Kuiper Belt, and from deadly espionage games to weird sitcoms. A lot of this is categorization and cataloguing, but that's always a good first step. I hope that I'll get people not only playing more Transhuman Space games, but a greater diversity of such games.
One concept which I openly borrowed from David is that of Mutable Point Totals, which Pyramid readers will recognise as having first appeared in his own Designer's Notes Article for the line's original core book, but which I felt deserved restatement and re-emphasis. It's actually an interesting option and approach for any campaign in any setting, but it has special resonance and usefulness in the wide-open worlds of Transhuman Space; it tells nervous GMs that, rather than worrying about the wilder possibilities of the setting, they should emphasize and embrace them.
In Tanith's fourth adventure, she's on Luna, hanging around the Moonshadow spa waiting for her new hand to grow, while Grimalkin prowls the bars. However, the GM decides to make things interesting. In the spa, Tanith runs into a tall, dark, and handsome stranger who turns out to be an Amortality Assassin. Tanith discovers and foils the assassin's plot (one-handed!), and the GM awards her 2 character points. He also tells her that a local reporter, who got a good story out of this incident, qualifies as a 3-point Contact. She also gets her hand replaced, eliminating the One Hand disadvantage. This interlude has thus seen a net gain of 20 points; she's now a 173- point character.
In the party's fifth adventure, Tanith and Grimalkin go to L5 to salvage a nuclear reactor from an abandoned plague-struck space habitat. Unfortunately, it's not abandoned: they discover a nest of Maple Syndicate data pirates. In the ensuing firefight, Tanith is shot dead. Grimalkin rushes Tanith's corpse to hospital and arranges for it to be brainpeeled. The operation succeeds, and Tanith is now a ghost.
Grimalkin can't afford a new body for Tanith, but she remembers the cyberdoll they captured, and has it repaired. Tanith wakes up in that. It's worth 127 points -- 40 more than her old Tennin body (which was worth 27 for the template plus 60 for +2 ST and +4 HT), while being a ghost is worth 86! She earned 1 character point during the adventure, while Grimalkin had to take out a loan to cover the cost of all that work, which leaves her with a Debt [-2], so she's now a 298-point character. But she's no longer human . . .
But along with the GM's guide chapters, there is indeed the Fourth Edition update material, tying the wondrous technologies and concepts of the world of 2100 to the new rule mechanics. This, as it turned out, couldn't be "complete," in the sense that we didn't, for example, have room for all the templates from all the supplements (some of which are a bit specialized, if truth is told). I squeezed in everything from the original core book, plus some useful bits and pieces from elsewhere or from out of my own head; hopefully, that'll provide plentiful guidelines to any GM who wants to use anything out of the other books before anyone gets around to producing an appropriate official conversion. But by way of further illustration, let's look at a couple of templates from Jon Zeigler's excellent Fifth Wave.
Transhuman Space has various categories of "racial" template to consider; parahumans/bioroids, uplifted animals, infomorphs, cybershells, and so on. The Fourth Edition version of Bio-Tech tackles a lot of relevant organics, providing direct conversions of some (though not all) Fifth Wave content, so we'll focus elsewhere.
"There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others."
Infomorphs are generally the most limited of these categories in terms of options, and Changing Times actually covers almost all of this subject. However, Fifth Wave does have one more type: the Free Meme.
This pretty closely resembles the standard NAI-4, so we can use the new templates for that as a basis for the free meme template, making changes to parallel the differences in the Third Edition versions; see the notes on the NAI templates in Changing Times for more details. (Incidentally, many free memes may have Clueless as well as No Sense of Humor.) However, there are three problems or points of variance worth mentioning.
1. As a bit of detail color, this version of the template is permitted to take Obsession or Extreme Fanaticism in place of standard Fanaticism, if desired; the exact form taken by a free meme's motivations can surely vary quite a bit.
2. The original template has the Parasite disadvantage, to represent its dependence on an existing AI system; unlike "regular" AIs, free memes can't function as standalone computer operating systems. However, Parasite no longer exists in Fourth Edition games. To represent this requirement, the template is given a Dependency. Having an AI or similar to manage the cybershell on which the free meme is running can be treated as "Very Common" (AI-run systems are that pervasive in 2100), and the free meme is clearly Constantly dependent. If the managing AI shuts down, the GM can simply apply the standard effects for such a missed Dependency -- 1 HP lost per minute, representing progressive system failures in the cybershell or something; alternatively, one can rule that, just as a machine which misses its fuel requirements just stops going until refuelled rather than suffering progressive damage, a cybershell without a governing AI simply shuts down until something appropriate is reinstalled and rebooted.
3. The original template also included Computer Hacking as a racial skill; however, that's now classed as cinematic, and won't be permitted in a lot of "realistic" Transhuman Space campaigns. Free memes have to be able to subvert and infiltrate computer systems, but can do this in a wide variety of ways. Hence, unusually for a "racial" template, this one is given a choice of skills on which to spend some of its points. At the GM's option, these points might also be assigned to appropriate Contacts, Perks to represents knowledge of crucial access codes or "back doors" into various system, and so on.
Advantages: AI (without Reprogrammable) ; Enhanced Time Sense ; Indomitable ; Possession (Digital, -40%) ; Single-Minded ; Unaging (IQ only, -75%) ; Unfazeable .
Disadvantages: Automaton (without Slave Mentality) [-45]; Dead Broke [-25]; Dependency (Presence of another, controlling AI on the same system; Very Common, Constantly) [-25]; Extreme Fanaticism, Fanaticism, or Obsession (long-term) (9) [-15]; Social Stigma (Subjugated) [-20].
Racial Skills: Computer Operation/TL10 (E) IQ+3 -11, and 12 points in any of Computer Operation/TL9, Computer Programming, Electronics Operation (Communications or Media), Fast-Talk, or improvements to Computer Operation/TL10 -- or Computer Hacking in cinematic games.
Features: Complexity 4 program; Taboo Traits (Self-Awareness).
Note: Some free memes may be Reprogrammable, having been designed to be brought back under control by their original creators if necessary, or being closely based on a standard NAI design -- but most people who choose to create free memes deliberately make them as hard to control as possible. Unlike properly designed AIs, free memes not only can have a wide range of mental disadvantages, but often do -- but they also occasionally have interesting advantages, such as the Full Memory Access enhancement on their Possession advantage. Some also "buy off" the Incurious disadvantage (included in Automaton); indeed, their interest in the world in general can be intense, if quirkish or erratic.
A free meme's "Subjugated" Social Stigma is something of a variant case. On the one hand, nobody (except possibly its original creator) regards it as a servant or a slave, and it has rather more freedom of action than most subjugated entities; on the other hand, almost everyone regards it as a minor nuisance at best, a deadly menace at worst, and will probably delete it without a second thought; it can very easily find itself marked down for elimination.
While there are relatively few really distinct infomorph categories, there is a huge assortment of cybershell types on which infomorphs can run. Fifth Wave's "wingbot" is a handy option for adventuring types, albeit mostly as a tool or remote-operated drone -- its computer is just about big enough to run some fully-sapient software, given use of expensive high-end options, but it's a bit flimsy and short of features for most PCs to want it as a primary shell. Most of the template's features convert straightforwardly, but it's worth going over a few of the details.
1. The Third Edition version has ST 4, which converts to ST 6 in Fourth Edition. The original also has 2 HP, which sounds a bit weak for a 45 lb., ST 6 machine, even one which is described as "physically delicate" and which is built for high-agility flight -- even the buzzbot, a flying cybershell which weighs just 5 lbs., is given 3 HP in both editions. So we'll allow ourselves a bit of flexibility in the conversion and grant the new treatment HP just one less than its ST. Other attributes convert straight over (and this thing's DX is highly respectable -- it's evidently very agile).
3. The wingbot is described in the text as using "batteries," but has Filter Lungs rather than Doesn't Breathe. The most plausible interpretation of this is that it uses some kind of fuel cell system, requiring oxygen from the atmosphere but generating electricity to power its various systems. The details of the template can be set accordingly.
4. It's also described as having just two hours' endurance when in flight, but can stretch that to 30 hours if it stays on the ground -- and it's far from useless in the latter case. It'd be nice to represent that feature, though it's a little fiddly. The best approach seems to be to give it Reduced Consumption 2 (which strictly speaking only gives 24 hours of operation; it's up to the GM whether to enforce this strictly or stretch it to 30 hours, but a higher level of Reduced Consumption would take the period out to a full week) -- and then give its Flight and Enhanced Move (Air) a Temporary Disadvantage limitation, with the "disadvantage" consisting of replacing Reduced Consumption with Increased Consumption 2, a net -24 point modification and hence a -24% limitation.
Attribute Modifiers: ST-4 [-40]; DX+4 ; HT+2 .
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP -1 [-2]; SM -2.
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) ; Acute Vision 3 ; Affliction 3 (Stunning; Armor Divisor (2), +50%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%) ; Damage Resistance 3 (Can't Wear Armor, -40%) ; Enhanced Move 2 (Air) (Temporary Disadvantage, replace Reduced Consumption 2 with Increased Consumption 2, -24%) ; Enhanced Move 1 (Ground) ; Filter Lungs ; Flight (Cannot Hover, -15%; Small Wings, -10%; Temporary Disadvantage, replace Reduced Consumption 2 with Increased Consumption 2, -24%) ; Machine ; Night Vision 9 ; Payload 5 ; Peripheral Vision ; Reduced Consumption 2 ; Telecommunication (Cable Jack; Video, +40%) ; Telecommunication (Laser Communication) ; Telecommunication (Radio; Video, +40%) ; Telescopic Vision 4 ; Temperature Tolerance 3 .
Disadvantages: Cybershell Body [-15]; Maintenance (Electronics Repair and Mechanic skills, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mute [-25]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Restricted Diet (Common, hydrogen or refined hydrocarbon fuel) [-20].
Perks: Accessory (Drug Injector); Accessory (Small Computer) .
Features: Individuals of the same model closely resemble each other.
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O n a recent Saturday afternoon, each miniature glass lining the bar at the Branford-based Thimble Island Brewing Company (where the public is invited to enjoy free tastings and tours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) offered a couple gulps of frosty brew.
By comparison, the congregation of beer enthusiasts milling about was pint-sized, which, in this case, means it was sizable. While I was there, conversation often turned to—what else?—beer-making, and it's something co-founders Justin Gargano (the brewery's President, pictured right above) and Mike Fawcett (the Brew Master, also pictured above) know a thing or two about.
Thimble Island just celebrated its first official birthday on July 1st, but the story really begins a few years earlier in a shared apartment in Branford. Gargano and Fawcett, both working in IT, were roommates who home brewed together in their spare time.
"We had too much to drink one night and said, 'We should open a brewery,'" remembers Gargano, remarking that every home-brewer is bound to utter this exact phrase at some point.
For these two, it clearly wasn't just a boozy pipe dream. In 2010 the pair rented a garage in Hamden to start experimenting part-time. The passion was there but the execution was off, recalls Fawcett. The enterprising duo had the wrong equipment for large-scale brewing, for one thing, and they soon discovered how tough it can be to satisfy the licensing requirements of a bonafide brewery.
As licensure hurdles were met, Gargano and Fawcett resolved to return their base of operations closer to home in Branford, where it stands today. Come July 1st, 2012, the newly minted operation boasted large shiny kettles, quality hops and yeast and a better understanding of how to translate home brewing skills into commercial production. They named their enterprise Thimble Island Brewing Company after the charming islands dotting the Branford coastline and chose a nautical square knot as the company emblem.
But what's a brewery without a brew? Thimble Island's debut was a smooth, crisp American Ale, and takers showed up quickly. KC's restaurant and Pub in Guilford was the first restaurant to carry Thimble Island beer in-house; you'll now find them in roughly 20 area restaurants, many of them in Branford.
Tasting a beer with food in a restaurant is one kind of education, and tasting it in the brewery, with the makers present, is another. A visit to the brewery itself, which is unassumingly located in an industrial complex in Branford, makes a fine pursuit for a free afternoon. The welcoming team, consisting of Gargano, Fawcett and a small staff, provides tours to those interested in checking out the goods in their pre-beverage states. You might get to climb a ladder to check out a simmering "mash" in a large, shiny, silver vat, for example.
During my visit, 21-and-uppers were able to taste the three beers on tap. Besides the American Ale, there was a delightfully hoppy India Pale Ale and—my favorite—a Coffee Stout brewed with coffee from local roaster Willoughby's. The stout was bracing and bold but avoided much of the heaviness characteristic of the type.
Although the brewery doesn't serve actual pints of beer due to liquor laws, visitors are permitted up to four tastings, and many take growlers (64-fluid-ounce jugs) to go. It's $4 for the refillable growler itself, $8 for a fill of American Ale and $10 for the I.P.A. and Coffee Stout. Kegs are even available for order and there are t-shirts, baseball caps and pint glasses for sale as well.
Meanwhile, Gargano and Fawcett are talking about acquiring new machinery, instituting in-house bottling and increasing restaurant/bar and package store distribution. Of course, they're also talking beers. As an overall expansion strategy moves forward, so will their product line, with more specialty brews—perhaps a Russian Imperial Stout this winter, I hear.


The ASPIRE program, Urbanism IV, with Gary Anderson was postponed due to harsh weather conditions. It will be rescheduled in March or April. The revitalization and diversification of neighborhoods is happening. Transform Rockford's project on Great Neighborhoods has surveyed several nieghborhood orgnizations and has sponsored a Great Neighborhoods Summit. . Mr. Anderson will report on those activities as well as sharing the vision. "The collective energy of people" will bring about real results. Check here for a notice of the date.


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'Spider-Man' surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Peter Parker's excellent fortune continued in excess of the vacation weekend. Even with some mighty level of competition from new Matrix and Sing movies, and mounting worries above the omicron variant, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" stayed in the No. 1 spot and netted a number of additional milestones far too like crossing the $1 billion mark globally.
According to studio estimates Sunday "Spider-Man" added $81.5 million about the 3-day weekend, down 69% from its 1st weekend. The Sony and Marvel film has now grossed $467 million from North American theaters, extra than doubling the domestic grosses of 2021′s prior No. 1 film, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."
With $587.1 million from 61 overseas marketplaces, in just 12 times of launch, "Spider-Man" has grossed $1.05 billion globally, earning it the optimum earner of the pandemic. It's the very first film of the pandemic to cross $1 billion and is tied with "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for being the third-speediest movie ever to do so — and this without the benefit of its release in China.
Universal's "Sing 2" arrived in second put with an approximated $23.8 million, when Warner Bros.′ "The Matrix Resurrections" grossed $12 million to get 3rd place.
The animated musical "Sing 2" functions superior-profile celebrity talent which includes Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Bono, as properly as a jukebox soundtrack total of perfectly-regarded hits. Since its launch Wednesday, it is designed $41 million ($1.6 million of that arrived from Thanksgiving weekend showings) from North The united states and $65 million around the globe.
"We're extraordinarily pleased," mentioned Jim Orr, Universal's president of domestic distribution.
Orr explained the stellar CinemaScore (A+) and viewers scores propose that the movie will proceed to conduct properly in the subsequent number of months, when numerous youngsters are nonetheless out of college for the holidays.
The fourth Matrix also opened on Wednesday and has acquired an estimated $22.5 million in its initial 5 days in North The united states. The movie, directed by Lana Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, is at this time streaming on HBO Max as nicely. Globally, it is grossed $69.8 million to date.
And in fourth is Disney and 20th Century's "The King's Man," a prequel to the motion-comedy Kingsman collection starring Ralph Fiennes. It came in somewhat less than anticipations with $10 million from its first five days. The audience skewed heavily male (65%).
The Kurt Warner biopic "American Underdog" opened on Xmas Working day and has built an believed $6.2 million in its two times in launch. Zachary Levi stars as Warner, the quarterback who went from undrafted no cost agent to Corridor of Famer.
Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza" expanded nationwide on Xmas, after enjoying in constrained release for a thirty day period, and added $2.3 million bringing its overall to $3.7 million.
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The mission of each State Future Caucus is to foster bipartisan dialogue among young and innovative legislators committed to working on the issues facing millennials and future generations.
Each group consists of members of the state legislature under 40 years of age. Future Caucus members are committed to pragmatically working towards a culture of political cooperation.
On March 6th, the UW-Madison chapter of Millennial Action Project hosted their first Red and Blue Dialogue on the topic of "Financing Higher Education." The group brought over 60 students together from across the political spectrum to discuss higher education and college funding in Wisconsin.
Millennial legislators Representative Michael Curcio (R-69) and Senator Raumesh Akbari (D-29) announced the creation of the Tennessee Future Caucus on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Their leadership will guide the Tennessee Future Caucus as a way for state legislators under 45 to build bipartisan policy solutions that focuses on people rather than party.
On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, Senator Zach Nunn (R-15),Senator Zach Wahls (D-37), Representative Lindsay James (D-99), and Representative Joe Mitchell (R-84) announced the creation of the Iowa Future Caucus—a caucus dedicated to reaching bipartisan policy solutions addressing issues faced by Millennials and future generations. These four state legislators constitute the leadership of the caucus.
On January 12th, 2019, MAP and the Mississippi Future Caucus hosted students from seven colleges and universities throughout Mississippi to discuss voting on college campuses and civic engagement.
MAP, in partnership with the Brennan Center for Justice and Quorum, hosted "States of Democracy"– A conversation about state-based approaches to making government more functional, accountable, and transparent.
On Wednesday, September 26th, Representative Julie Fahey (D-14), Senator Dallas Heard (R-1), Representative Diego Hernandez (D-47), and Representative David Brock Smith (R-1) announced the creation of the bipartisan Oregon Future Caucus, a brand-new caucus comprised of Oregon state legislators ages 42 and under.


Dan Tok, the Minister of Transport has run afoul of the KSCM over the chaos on highways, most recently in December. Petricek similarly has angered the KSCM over his support for Ukraine and his comments about the Russian annexation of the Sea of Azov.
Vojtech Filip, the Chairman of the KSCM will meet with Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO), next week, to discuss the situation.


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Stokes will use 'that over' to grow stronger
England fast bowler Stuart Broad knows what it's like to be humiliated by a batsman, and says Ben Stokes will use the experience in the World Twenty20 final to grow stronger in character.
Broad, who was smashed for six sixes by Yuvraj Singh in 2007, feels that Stokes has the potential to be a key player for England, and that being hit for four sixes to lose the match will galvanise him in the long run.
Broad, who was not part of the squad that played in India, told the BBC: "This will play a big part in making him a very strong character.
"You always learn more from making errors than from the good days … He's got every attribute to be one of the best cricketers England's ever had. I'm sure he will become that in the future."
The paceman expanded on the matter in the Telegraph, saying Stokes would need to think about why it all went wrong, and then put the entire thing out of his mind.
Broad said: "What he needs to do while he's sitting at home is he will have to remember in his own mind how he was feeling.
"What would he do differently if he is in that situation again, was he rushed and did he take advice from the wrong people?
"Then he's got to decide all of that in his own mind, find the answers and put it to bed. Then you park it. You don't watch it again and you never talk about it again until you finish playing.
"You just focus on what you can do to improve."
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This is the post that hopefully will entice you enough to come back. I'm going to keep you on your toes though, I don't want to give the whole game away just yet. Well, actually, that probably is the point of blogging in the first place isn't it?
So, what is this all about? Well I have a website www.kategwilliam.com . You may have actually just come from there, in which case you know that I am a fresh graduate of Textile Design, and I specialise in embroidery and embellishment. If you haven't come from there, perhaps you should visit!
I am getting ready for our summer graduate shows, one here (University College Falmouth) and one at New Designers 2011(google it!). I am struggling with the concept of what exactly to do next. It is all very easy to say I'm going to get a placement, I'm going to get a job, but how? Graduates that I'm in touch with still don't have jobs or if they do it's not the one they want to be doing. Don't get the wrong idea here, I'm not about to start moaning about the fact that I have thousands of pounds worth of student debt and that there aren't any jobs. No, I decided to go to University, and I have loved every second of it, I never expected that it would automatically get me my perfect job, but maybe it would set me on the right path.
Now, I am currently thinking of new samples and pieces to exhibit (and hopefully sell) and if you go to my website you shall see them pop up there. Soon, I shall be applying for placements and jobs, and I will keep you posted!!


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· Accessible performances – AUSLAN interpreted, captioned or sensory/Autism-friendly performances of the year's most anticipated children's shows including Creature: An Adaptation of Dot and the Kangaroo, Flying Fruit Fly Circus' Junk, Music of the Forest, Horrible Harriet and 7 Stages of Grieving.
· Accessible Performance and Sing & Playseries – Select accessible performances of children's shows such as Music of the Forest will be followed by Sing & Play sessions where kids can experiment with musical instruments. Led by music therapists, the sessions will be presented in partnership with Lifestart and the Royal Institute of Deaf & Blind Children.
· Dancing Story workshops – A new dance workshop for children aged 3-5 years, led by The Australian Ballet's education team, will give little ones their first experience of dance, regardless of their learning styles or physical abilities.
· Dancing Connections – Presented in partnership with Dance for Parkinson's Australia and Mark Morris Dance Group's 'Dance for PD' program, the first series of 2017 partners with The Australian Ballet and brings to life The Nutcracker: The Story of Clara.
Alongside its year-round Access Program, the Opera House is making significant progress with plans to open up more of the building to the public and improve access around the site for those with mobility issues. These essential works, which form part of Stage 1 Renewal of the Opera House, include greater access to the Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre, wheelchair accessible seating positions and new Box Office and Foyer lifts and escalators.


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Forget the iPhone 8, the first phone with an in-screen fingerprint scanner could come from Vivo instead
By now you've surely heard the widespread rumors about the iPhone 8's fingerprint scanner situation: there's a distinct possibility Apple's latest flagship will be equipped with an in-screen sensor (or will it?), instead of the regular, standalone solution employed by everyone on the market. However, as is becoming increasingly common, a relatively unknown Chinese manufacturer, namely Vivo, may beat Apple to the punch.
Vivo, for those not in the know, is something of a sister company to the slightly more well-known Oppo, most commonly known as being OnePlus' parent company. But in its homeland of China, the manufacturer enjoys relatively good popularity, holding a quite noteworthy 17 percent of the local smartphone market. Still, it's fair to its current lineup doesn't exactly present any noteworthy devices: Vivo phones are firmly rooted in the mid range, both in terms of specs and looks.
But this may change very soon, as we're expecting Vivo to debut the first ever device with a fingerprint scanner built right into the display in less than a week. The news comes from an official teaser for the company's showing at this year's Mobile World Congress Shanghai starting on June 28 (yes, there is more than one MWC). The teaser, which can be seen above, only shows a stylized fingerprint graphic passing through a rectangle, along with the words "Unlock the future" in Chinese and English.
This could, of course, mean a variety of other things not related to an in-screen fingerprint scanner, but a week ago a video allegedly showing a device equipped with the technology in action surfaced on Chinese social network Weibo:
But while the video is, admittedly, of questionable origin, it's fair to say we should be seeing something exciting from the company come next week. And, as it turns out, this isn't the only unique Chinese-made device we'll be seeing in the near future. Rival company Meizu should be showing off its weird-looking Pro 7 some time soon as well, possibly even at MWC Shanghai, too (though this is pure speculation on our part).
And it sure will be interesting to see how Vivo's solution will perform compared with the iPhone 8's (if the latter even has one, that is). This is because, as evidenced by all the trouble both Apple and Samsung have been having with the technology, it seems an in-screen fingerprint scanner isn't trivial to produce. So if a cheap phone manufacturer such as Vivo has managed to develop the tech, there's a fair chance it's cut some corners like speed and security.
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Nina Auerbach (May 24, 1943 in New York City – February 4, 2017) was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Her special area of concentration was nineteenth-century England. She published, lectured, and reviewed widely in the fields of Victorian literature, theater, cultural history, and horror fiction and film.

Auerbach received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1964. She undertook graduate study at Columbia University, receiving an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970. She taught at Hunter College and California State University, Los Angeles before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1972. She remained on the faculty there until her retirement in 2009.

Her books include Our Vampires, Ourselves; Private Theatricals: The Lives of the Victorians; Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time; Romantic Imprisonment: Women and Other Glorified Outcasts; Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth; and Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction (Harvard University Press). Her most recent book, Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress (2000, ), inaugurated the University of Pennsylvania Press series, Personal Takes. Before her death, she was working on a project tentatively titled Lost Lives, a study of ghosts and their purposes. She was the co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and many of her articles have appeared in Norton Critical Editions, most notably in the works of Jane Austen.

Nina Auerbach was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship as well as the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2000, she received the annual Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts.

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Cowboys ain't easy to love and they are harder to hold. A number of years ago I gave a small presentation at the International Climber's Festival about the similarities between climbers and cowboys. I didn't know as much about cowboys then as I do now, but the stubborn, supposedly independent streak in me fits me right into all the social stereotypes pervasive about those who ranch, ride horses, and love wide open spaces.
A lot has changed during the intervening years from presenting Cowboys and Climbers and contemplating this piece. I have taken an office job. I have purchased a home. I have done more expeditions to Patagonia. I have started the process of learning about horses. I have climbed more mountains. I have stepped outside of my comfort zone.
Some things are the same however. Notably I have been in and out of intimate relationships. I have struggled with fear and doubt. I have continued to write. I have continued to work for NOLS.
In the beginning I ran from attachment. Now it is what I think I crave. In the beginning, I wanted experiences. Three different schools in four years; no two years in a row at the same one. Varying summer jobs. Post college graduation seasonal employment with wilderness therapy companies, summer camps, NOLS and the like provided the transient nature I desired. I had developed a relationship with my dad. He had died. It hurt like hell. I wouldn't have that happen again. Don't get attached. Consistency and routine are the path to attachment. Attachment is the path to sorrow. Be transient. Keep people at arms-length. And it worked. I built an identity around it.
In the beginning, I pushed her away because she was different than I. We didn't share an essential common interest of climbing. In the beginning, and in the end, we would sit and talk. Listen and talk for hours. It wasn't always easy, but it felt real. We would share drinks. Then I was scared. I got too close. It would change my identity. All I wanted to do was climb. She was a threat to my identity. The purchase of a house was a threat to my identity. Dirtbags live in trucks, they don't own houses. Horses were just a side project. Patagonia, mountains, ropes, and deserts were my identity. I grasped tightly to the wrong things. Horses and houses pulled more out of me in their short period of time than almost anyone or anything had in as short of time, maybe except her. In the end none were threats to my identity, they just served to make It more robust, more complex, and ultimately, better. And in the end, that is what she did too.
Today I sit and write. In my own house, in my own space, one I have created, both physically and metaphorically. In classic fashion, it is in the predawn light, in the My Time part of the day, a time when reflection and appreciation run rampant. There is a cup of chai masala on my left and list of "to dos" on my right. The office beckons in less than twenty minutes, but there is no threat, no dread. There will be hard times in the future, I will feel sad, things will feel challenging and the more complex my identity, the more resources I have to fall back upon. I am what I create.
In the end, I will be who I was in those moments of being.


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SXSW Panel on Online Harassment Criticizes SXSW
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Today's SXSW interactive programming kicked off with the Online Harassment Summit. The day-long event was created after SXSW attempted to cancel two panels about harassment online last year after receiving threats of violence. Backlash to the cancellation spawned the series of panels that make up the Online Harassment Summit, covering everything from free speech to cyberbullying to the responsibility of tech companies with regard to harassment.
One of the first panels convened was titled "Is a Safer, Saner and Civil Internet Possible?" (short answer: if you're a woman, good luck). It consisted of Brianna Wu, head of development at Giant SpaceKat; Elisa Lees Muñoz of the International Women's Media Foundation; University of Miami law professor Mary Anne Franks; and Shireen Mitchell, who founded Digital Sistas.
The talk covered the great litany of awful things that greet women online, including but not limited to revenge porn, doxxing, and hate speech. The panel even criticized the festival itself. SXSW came under fire for its handling of the panel, particularly in getting representation from women of color as speakers, calling it "an uphill battle." Said Wu, "We are talking about erasure both online and in [terms of] how this summit evolved."
Anyone who's been a woman on the internet won't be surprised to hear that women suffer disproportionate abuse online, and that women of color receive that abuse as well as racism. The panel, somewhat surprisingly, cited Twitter as an online forum that was working to improve how it handled online harassment. (Reddit, however, was condemned for "failing women.") The panel's determination was that the only positive future for addressing online harassment would involve not just discussion, but active systemic changes. "This is not free speech," said Franks. "That is a narrative we have to change on every level."
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Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, Is All Set To Go On His Very First Royal Tour In Malta This September.
This September, Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William will spend 2 days in Malta. It will be her very first solo royal tour. She is visiting the island to commemorate the 50 years of independence, of this beautiful place.
When she was asked how is she feeling about this tour, the Duchess said she is really nervous as it will be her first solo tour. She also said that she is also excited about it.
It will be the first tour for Prince George's mommy. Kate, who is 32 years now, has attended earlier several engagements alone. She has covered places like Ipswich's Treehouse, EACH or East Anglia's Children's Hospices, and some more alone. During her visit in medical houses, she attended some patients. The royal lady was also found caring towards the patients out there in the medical facilities.
The lady has always been considered intelligent and smart. And, she will surely be able to handle this tour perfectly.
Apart from attending all these; the Duchess is also planning the very first birthday of her baby son Prince George. He will be turning 1 year old this July 22. What the lady will plan for her son's birthday party? Definitely, her royal tour will also be in focus.
One of the family sources said, "She's really nervous but excited about stepping out by herself," well, she admits she is nervous but her family members have full confidence on the duchess.
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Miriam Toews Is the Author the #MeToo Movement Needs
Miriam Toews isn't known as a horror writer, yet her upcoming novel, Women Talking, might just be one of the scariest books I've ever read. Although it's really not that much of a departure for Toews, who has never shied away from dark subject
Miriam Toews isn't known as a horror writer, yet her upcoming novel, Women Talking, might just be one of the scariest books I've ever read. Although it's really not that much of a departure for Toews, who has never shied away from dark subject matter. Her last novel—the award-winning All My Puny Sorrows—is the based-on-true-events story of a family dealing with one sister's repeated suicide attempts. It wasn't necessarily the most obvious choice for bestselling book of the moment, but such is Toews's talent and heart. She was able to craft a heartbreaking story of loss and empathy without it being maudlin or (too) depressing.
In Women Talking, the writer has set a similar challenge for herself. The novel imagines what the women in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia do after it's discovered that the men in their community have been drugging and raping the women, regardless of age or relation. Toews manages to balance the story of female rage and empowerment with hope and touches of humour.
What's truly horrifying is that this event really happened. What's dismaying is how relevant the story would be even if
it hadn't. Because of the religious context of Women Talking, when we spoke in Toronto I started by asking Toews about her relationship with the Mennonite faith.
Toews: "Well, I mean, I don't belong to a Mennonite church anymore, so I'm not a religious Mennonite. But culturally I'm certainly a secular Mennonite. A lot of my writing has been a kind of…indictment…maybe too strong a word, maybe not…a critique of the ultra-conservative, fundamental, patriarchal aspects of the Mennonite church. But I always try to make it clear in my writing that I'm not critical of the faith itself, because the Mennonite faith is a beautiful, positive thing. Its pacifism, for instance, and its focus on the community are good things.
"My mother belongs to a Mennonite church here in Toronto. She lives with me, and the church provides so much sustenance and support for her. She's an elder in her church, which is very unusual. That would never happen in a conservative Mennonite church, obviously. I see how much it means to her, and I have seen that all my life. Her faith is strong, and it was for my father, too, so I respect that and I see it and envy it."
In the faith I grew up in, they felt that any coverage that wasn't completely positive was practically hate speech.
"That is also something that runs through the collective Mennonite community. People feel that I am exposing things that shouldn't be exposed. Mennonites are humans like everybody else, with all of the inherent flaws. And because I am a woman, it's especially grating to some types of Mennonites who put out the narrative that this is a pure, hard-working, morally upstanding community.
"But then there are also all sorts of Mennonites who have told me that they appreciate that self-criticism—that it comes from a desire for things to be better, for us to be better and for us to be more loving, more tolerant, more inclusive. And less patriarchal and authoritarian."
People feel that I am exposing things that shouldn't be exposed.
When did you first become aware of the events that inspired this book?
"There were rumours in the Mennonite community. And because I live with my mother, who actually subscribes to a magazine called Canadian Mennonite, I have a little bit more information than I did before I lived with her. But I heard rumours in 2009. That's when the first articles started appearing. I was horrified and wanted to know more. But I didn't write about it then because my sister died in 2010. After that, I basically closed up. I was devastated, and I couldn't even think about writing. I stopped thinking about the events in Bolivia as well, certainly in terms of writing about them. When I did start writing, I wanted to write about my sister. And that writing became All My Puny Sorrows."
Because you write from your real life so much, you deal with the Mennonite faith and you talk about suicide. I'm curious if you'll ever be able to write about those topics enough to sort of exorcise them completely, like, "Oh, now I've dealt with it enough."
"I wish I could say yes. I wish I could believe there would be that point, that kind of finish line that I could cross and say it's over…that elusive thing called closure, which I don't even really believe in. I don't think I'll ever stop learning in some way, shape or form, whether directly or indirectly, about mental illness, about suicide, about Mennonites and the Mennonite patriarchy, about girls and women who live under that kind of authoritarian rule. Those aspects of the community—and, again, there are beautiful things about it, too—the culture of control and the emphasis on guilt and shame, punishment and silence that have contributed to the high levels of mental illness in the community, including those of my sister and my father. Those aspects will always be of interest to me, and I'll always be searching for answers or clues. They are always gonna be a part of me, and I don't think I'll ever stop writing about those things in some way."
"I heard rumours in 2009. That's when the first articles started appearing. I was horrified and wanted to know more."
I still want to correct people when they get things wrong about my old religion, even though I no longer believe in it. Do you experience this?
"I do. That's a funny thing, isn't it? As critical as I am and can be, I'll correct people who say 'Well, Mennonites are this' or 'Mennonites are that.' And if I know that that is not true or is a gross stereotype, I will absolutely jump in and correct people. I grew up in a Mennonite community. I had an amazing, wonderful childhood. But when I grew up, I saw how difficult a place like that is for anybody who is 'other'…even for atheists. There was one guy in my high school who, out of the blue, started telling us that he was an atheist. And we were just horrified. It was like he was telling us that he had just become a serial killer."
Culture can create a certain degree of confusion about what is actually right and wrong. Where's that balance of figuring out socialization versus free will?
"That's the thing, right? The men and the boys who perpetrated the crimes in the book are also victims of that kind of culture—and the control over them as well, and the roles that they're expected to play, and the entitlement they're given because of the patriarchy to abuse these women who are there to serve them. But, yeah, there's an innocence there, too, and an inevitability."
"The men and the boys who perpetrated the crimes in the book are also victims of that kind of culture—and the control over them as well, and the roles that they're expected to play, and the entitlement they're given."
Recently, there has been a rediscovery of The Handmaid's Tale, which has some themes that are similar to those in Women Talking. I wonder if this will be easier to dismiss because it actually happened and continues to happen. Like, "Oh well, that's just the Mennonites in their closed community. That doesn't actually happen to women generally." Whereas a sci-fi dystopia seems to imply it could happen to anyone.
"Right, right—it's coming. It's happening. Look to various places in the world. This is where we're headed. There will be those who make assumptions: 'Well, these are insane cult weirdo freaks. It only happens out there in the middle of nowhere.' Like it's almost not real. And because there's that sort of attitude, it completely dehumanizes these people. But hopefully people will understand that this can happen if the conditions are right."
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The 2019 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize Exhibition opens at The Photographers' Gallery from 8 March until 2 June 2019. Curated by The Photographers' Gallery's Anna Dannemann, this year's exhibition of the 2019 shortlisted artists: Laia Abril, Susan Meiselas, Arwed Messmer and Mark Ruwedel surveys the diverse and innovative nature of their photographic practices, which both celebrate the medium's development while challenging its boundaries.
Presented across the 4th and 5th floors of the Gallery, the exhibition features a searing visual investigation by Laia Abril into the history of abortion and the challenges to women's reproductive rights; a sensitive on-the-ground reportage and collaborative history of Kurdistan by Susan Meiselas; a consideration of the photographic evidence found in State Archives that proposes a new reading of the beginnings of the Red Army Faction (RAF) researched, collected and edited by Arwed Messmer and a timeless photographic exploration of how geological, historical and political events have left their imprints on the North American landscape by Mark Ruwedel.
The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced during the exhibition run at an evening award ceremony held at the Gallery on 16th May 2019.
Helen Cammock – winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women.